How did I miss this thread? Nice truck Dave!

 

leo you fool..... i will see you sunday


DR, sounds good for lunch..

thanks Carolina!!!



just an update..

i took the truck through northern nevada and through lassen nat park. got 17.4 mpg doing 70-75 mph. had a huge load in the bed too, a 27 inch tube tv... damn they are heavy

in lassen by the west rim of Lake Alamore

 

Cool You know kristi is here right? Wanna go off roading with us?

 

Finally I get to see it with the new tint. Can't wait to see it in person again. Looks good Dave.

 

Jen, you couldnt handle it. too much powwa..

 

so it was a bad week for the home team last week, I was getting on it pretty hard, slowed down for a red light, and she died. would not restart hasn't started sinse. how it pulled into a apartment complex that my buddy lives that it is right down the road.

I was not a happy camper but now I guess I have to start rebuilding. I am pretty sure it is hpop related. but I need to get back in there a check for any kind of chafing on the wire harnesses.

so for right now I just have a very handsome truck parked into 2 parking spots. Lol

 

hope you get it fixed soon!

 

you tellin me I kinda got excited when I thought the gorman trip got moved back a couple weeks

 

Hope you get it sorted out Dave

 

I ran out to redding this morning and talked to Jeremy at Jefferson state diesel. He was just in diesel world mag and has a 474hp 6.0 that is a beast and identical to mine. He gave me some pointers on where to troubleshoot also. I think I might take this breakdown as an oppurtunity to rebuild everything I can. I am doing it myself as parts alone will push $2G.

 

OK, so, i was bashing my head on the hood because nothing seemed to point out what was actually wrong with the truck. ran to the dealer and he said for $180 he would tell me what was wrong with if for sure. seemed like a reasonable price and would stop my headache.

had a flatbed come pick it up and dropped it off at 1045. at 1150 they call. "found your problem" the service rep says.. seems the jiffy lube i took it to used the wrong filter and actually broke a tab off the one they put in to make it fit and well, it ended up in my injector control pump and that is bad. sooooo $1K later and about 5 hours. i have a running truck and new filters.. now i need to go see the jiffy lube...

 

Well there's your first mistake Mexibreed! Jiffy Lube, SERIOUSLY! This could have ended a lot worse, I hope you get reimbursed for all the money you spent including the tow truck and I hope they fire the idiot who broke the filter to "make it fit". This is totally unacceptable, next time you drive by here let me know and we'll do it here at the shop.


Jiffy Lube.... Ta loco!..

 

che, the text you sent was soooo not needed!!! lol

i was in a pinch because i had to go to havasu city in like 2 hours and the trucks was pushinh 6K on the oil so i was weak and made a bad choice...


you suck

 

Yes it was! lol

 

Document that from the Ford dealer and arm yourself with it when you go to the Jiffy Lube place and demand they pay for the repair. That is a joke, man!